ROCKVILLE, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Wednesday, Nov. 1, in honor of National Veterans’ Small Business Week, Administrator Isabel Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, hosted a roundtable in Rockville with the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) to highlight the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) Program, an SBA program that connects Veteran-owned small businesses with federal contracting opportunities.  

At the roundtable, Administrator Guzman and other participants discussed how government contracting is a key pathway to building wealth for Veteran-owned small businesses how the SBA is working to increase the number federal contracts going to veteran-owned small businesses. The SBA has certified over 8,300 new veteran- and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses through VetCert so far. 

The SBA launched the new VetCert program and platform on January 9, 2023. Certification allows service-disabled Veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) firms the opportunity to compete for sole-source and set-aside contracts across the federal government, while certified Veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) may compete for sole-source and set-aside contracts from the VA.  

For follow-up interview requests for Administrator Guzman, please contact Rebecca Galanti at rebecca.galanti@sba.gov.

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Christine Saah Nazer
U.S. Small Business Administration
202-756-0304
Christine.SaahNazer@sba.gov